Capsule



A. I. ZIPPER Jan. 25, 1944.

CAPSULE Filed Sept. 8, 1941 ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 25, 1944 UNITE D STATES PAT FFI CE' CAPSULE Alfred Irving Zipper, New York, N. Y. Application September 8, 1941, Serial No. 410,153

1 Claim. (o1. 167-8) My invention relates to a capsule intended for internal use, wherein both a liquid and a powder may be separately contained.

Capsules for internal use are usually of a gelatinous composition and come in two types: one, with a semi-rigid body provided with a sliding cap used principally for powders, and the other, a soft, flexible type usually moulded about a small quantity of liquid.

It is the primary object of my invention to combine into a single capsule, powders and liquids which are separately contained.

Capsules ordinarily used for carrying powders are not sealed to prevent oxidation of the contents. Accordingly, a further object of my invention is to provide a capsule of the foregoing characteristics wherein the contents are effectively sealed from the atmosphere.

Another object is to provide a simple and inexpensive means whereby the liquid and the powders may be placed in separate containers and the two combined to form a single integral unit.

Still another object consists in utilizing the soft and flexible-walled type of liquid container as a stopper for an open semi-rigid capsule body whereby the two are combined into a single unit with the semi-rigid capsule body effectively sealed from the atmosphere.

I accomplish these and other objects and obtain new results as will be apparent from the device described in the following description, particularly pointed out in the attached claim, and

illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in

is ubular in form, closed at one end, and open capsules into a liquid material from which capsule i4 is manufactured.

The lower half ii of container il may be formed and attached to body I I after filling the latter with powder, thereafter pressing the body i I and the lower half portion i5 onto the formed upper half portion i5, and thereafter sealing the two halves while in the liquid, in a manner known to the art, or the container I may be formed and filled with the liquid contents I1, and shoulder i9 inserted around the mouth of the body H, and attached thereto, as previously explained.

In Fig. 2 the flexible container 20 containing the liquid ii is provided with smooth seams, enabling the container 20 to be forced into the mouth 22 of body 23, which is provided with substantially the same diameter. The container 20, and body 23 are then dipped into a liquid solution of the gelatin, as aforesaid, and allowed to harden, forming the seal 24.

In Fig. 3 a protecting semi-rigid cover 30, is inserted over the semi-rigid body 3!, with the liquid filled container 32 positioned in the mouth of the body 3| and sealed therein, thus forming a completely enclosed semi-rigid outer covering with the internal container 32, acting as the sealing stopper for the powder contents 33 of body 3|.

It will be understood that in using the word powder," all solid substances are included thereby.

There are many advantages of my combined liquid and powder container, viz.. I can combine two substances which are ordinarily not compatible or readily miscible, the sealed separation preventing physical and chemical contact of the contained substances. Further, I am able to. prevent oxidation or contact with the atmosphere of the powder by utilizing the liquid container, which has a soft and flexible cover as a. stopper which may be used to seal the powder contents in the C'&f .'"'-Jui". tardy, thus resulting in a saving of materials and manufacturing steps.

'From the foregoing, it is apparent that I have provided a single capsule wherein two diflerent types of ingredients, normally taken separately. may now be taken simultaneously as a single unit.

I have thus described my invention, but I desire it understood that it is not confined to the particular forms or uses shown and described, the same being merely illustrative. and that the invention may be carried out in other ways without departing from the spirit of my invention. and, therefore, I claim broadly the right to employ all equivalent instrumentalities coming within the scope of the appended claim, and by means of which objects or my invention are attained and new results accomplished, as it is obvious that the particular embodiments herein shown and described are only some of the many that may be employed to attain these objects and accomplish theseresults.

I claim:

A capsule formed of two difierent gelatinous materials for internal use, comprising a semirigid tubular gelatinous container having one end thereof open and containing a. powder therein, and a sort completely sealed flexible gelatinous covered globule of liquid consisting 0! two like sections sealed together at their meeting edges, and the globule containing the liquid, compressed and tightly positioned in the open mouth of the semi-rigid container and sealed therein, the liquid contents thereof being under suflicient pressure to cause the globule to act as a. flexible stopper thereby sealing the contents of the container and causing the container and globule to form a unitary structure, for humen internal use.

- ALFRED IRVING ZIPPER. 

